Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman ...

Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Romans took their beliefs very seriously and so most Roman forts would have had temples or altars where offerings could be made to ...

Venus was believed to be the mother of Aeneas, who according to legend had founded Rome, making her the divine mother of the Roman people. Similarly, Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus ...